Mattress fire causes Metro-North Railroad delays

Martin B. Cassidy

Updated 9:25 pm, Thursday, July 4, 2013

Passengers evacuated from a Metro-North commuter train after a fire was reported on the rear car Thursday, July 4, 2013. No injuries were reported, but service along the New Haven Line has been suspended indefinitely.
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Passengers evacuated from a Metro-North commuter train after a fire...

Passengers evacuated from a Metro-North commuter train after a fire was reported on the rear car Thursday, July 4, 2013. No injuries were reported, but service along the New Haven Line has been suspended indefinitely.
Photo: Contributed Photo

Passengers evacuated from a Metro-North commuter train after a fire...

Passengers evacuated from a Metro-North commuter train after a fire was reported on the rear car Thursday, July 4, 2013. No injuries were reported, but service along the New Haven Line has been suspended indefinitely.
Photo: Contributed Photo

Passengers evacuated from a Metro-North commuter train after a fire...

Passengers evacuated from a Metro-North commuter train after a fire was reported on the rear car Thursday, July 4, 2013. No injuries were reported, but service along the New Haven Line has been suspended indefinitely.
Photo: Contributed Photo

Passengers evacuated from a Metro-North commuter train after a fire...

STAMFORD -- New York City firefighters extinguished a mattress on the tracks of the Metro-North New Haven Line that delayed trains for more than an hour Thursday afternoon in the Bronx, N.Y., according to FDNY spokesman and firefighter Tommy Schwaber.

No injuries were reported, according to the New York City Fire Department, and the New Haven Line Railroad was operating on or close to schedule soon after 2 p.m. following an earlier period of 30- to 60-minute delays on the New Haven Line because of the incident near East Tremont and 175th Street.

Passengers were evacuated from a New Haven Line train just after noon and brought to a nearby station, Schwaber said. The fire was under control at 12:41 p.m.

About 60 firefighters responded to the blaze which was put out using a hose line, Schwaber said.

Further details about the blaze were not available Thursday afternoon.

"There was probably a lot of smoke, which resulted in the train being evacuated," Schwaber said.